Orsima
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| Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 |
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Orsima is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
O. ichneumon has been suggested to be a Polyrhachis (Formicinae) ant mimic in reverse, however a recent study dismissed this[1].
[edit] Species
- Orsima constricta Simon, 1901 — West, Central Africa
- Orsima ichneumon (Simon, 1901) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Edmunds 2006
[edit] References
- Edmunds, Malcolm (2006): Do Malaysian Myrmarachne associate with particular species of ant? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 645–653. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00649.x
